How to Use keratitis in a Sentence

keratitis

noun
  • If not treated quickly enough, keratitis can spiral into a corneal ulcer, or open sore on the front of your eye.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Shoji says this case highlights the short-term and long-term effects of Pseudomonas keratitis.
    — Janelle Chavez, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis occurs when the amoeba makes its way onto a person's cornea.
    — NBC News, 17 July 2019
  • One of those is acanthamoeba, a parasite that can live in lakes and oceans and cause a rare infection called acanthamoeba keratitis.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Many contact lens wearers are unaware of the risk of this infection, called Acanthamoeba keratitis.
    — NBC News, 17 July 2019
  • Superficial corneal ulcers will cause keratitis, a condition in which the eye becomes inflamed.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Sep. 2018
  • Letting keratitis go can cause permanent damage that can impact your vision, the Mayo Clinic says.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 19 June 2018
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis happens due to a microbe that can hang out in tap water (and distilled water, too), stick to your contacts, and cause an infection.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 July 2018
  • Combined with the fact that microorganisms and allergens build up on your lenses over time, this increases your risk of an eye infection like infectious keratitis.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 19 Oct. 2018
  • Contact lens wearers in particular are more prone to bacterial keratitis, or an infection of the cornea caused by bacteria.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Sanchez had a cornea transplant in October, about 2 ½ years after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • These kinds of mistakes open you up to issues like keratitis, an irritating inflammation of your corneas that can cause scratchiness, pain, blurry vision, and other symptoms.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 June 2018
  • People with chemical keratitis, as it’s called, are generally treated with numbing drops and need to have their eyes flushed—sometimes for hours—until their pH returns to normal.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This means that certain bacteria have been linked to certain diseases, like Sjogren’s Syndrome or bacterial keratitis.
    — Scientific American, 23 June 2019
  • After buying cat-eye lenses at a flea market, the 26-year-old man developed a severe, painful infection called Acanthamoeba keratitis.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Among other symptoms, keratitis can cause pain, redness, tearing or discharge, sensitivity to light, and blurry vision, per the Mayo Clinic.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018
  • Another potential concern is HSV keratitis, when the virus from the cold sores spreads to the eyes, causing an infection of the cornea and potentially blindness.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2017
  • Besides widespread infections, Acanthamoeba is known to cause localized ones, most notably eye infections—aka Acanthamoeba keratitis.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • Jamison developed acanthamoeba keratitis in both eyes after wearing her contacts while showering in the Dominican Republic in May.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
  • With Bacteria In 2010, Jeng coauthored a study on ulcerative keratitis, a kind of eye infection that leads to inflammation and pain.
    — Markham Heid, Time, 6 July 2017
  • Those include eye infections—infection of the cornea (keratitis) and infection of tissue or fluids inside the eyeball (endophthalmitis)—to respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, and sepsis.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The warning comes from a new case report in the New England Journal of Medicine, which tells the story of a woman who, after swimming in her contact lenses, developed acanthamoeba keratitis, an infection that can impair your vision.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 17 July 2019
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare disease, noted Barney, also a trustee of the American Optometric Association.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

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